Bullet weight

[Wildstreak]

Managed to pick up a box of .264 caliber 143 grain Hornady ELD-X bullets today. I decided to weigh a few and was a little surprised by the variation. I weighed the first 5 bullets I pulled out of the bag. They were:


143.3
143.2
142.9
142.8
142.8

There is a difference of a half grain in just 5 bullets. I’ve heard a couple different opinions on this. What do y’all think? Just how significant is this in a hunting round at no further than 500 yards?

 

[lyle_destroys]

At less than 500, you probably won't notice it at all. In factory ammo I'm sure this is common and I've had some factory loads print .5 moa. Just shoot them.

 

[lyle_destroys]

That's only like .78% variation.

 

[rayporter]

^^
surprisingly bullet wt has little to do with short to medium range accuracy.

 

[Rich M]

Managed to pick up a box of .264 caliber 143 grain Hornady ELD-X bullets today. I decided to weigh a few and was a little surprised by the variation. I weighed the first 5 bullets I pulled out of the bag. They were:


143.3
143.2
142.9
142.8
142.8

There is a difference of a half grain in just 5 bullets. I’ve heard a couple different opinions on this. What do y’all think? Just how significant is this in a hunting round at no further than 500 yards?

What's the tolerance on your scale? The electric scales I've seen will self adjust when I'm monkeying w powder loads.